AI & Healthcare Keynote Speaker
AI, law, and the future of healthcare
Dr. Hannah van Kolfschooten is an international speaker and legal scholar specialising in artificial intelligence, healthcare and law. Based between Basel and Amsterdam, she speaks about how AI is transforming healthcare, and what this means for professionals, patients, organisations and society.
Her keynotes bring together cutting-edge developments in AI with healthcare regulation, professional responsibility, patients’ rights and the EU AI Act, translating complex legal and governance questions into accessible insights for healthcare, life sciences, technology, policy and professional audiences.
Signature keynotes
When Clinicians Use AI: Rethinking Professional Responsibility
AI is changing what it means to exercise professional judgment. What should clinicians — and the organisations employing them — do when using AI in healthcare?
Key takeaways
- How AI changes clinical responsibilities without replacing professional judgment and accountability.
- What responsible reliance, meaningful human oversight and appropriate patient information mean in practice.
- Why hospitals and professional bodies need clear professional guidelines for clinical AI use.
Ideal for
Hospitals · Healthcare professionals · Medical associations · Healthcare executives · Professional bodies · Pharma & life sciences · Medtech · Insurers
Governing AI in Healthcare: From the EU AI Act to Patients’ Rights
Europe is building an increasingly complex regulatory framework for artificial intelligence in healthcare. But what does good AI governance actually require?
Key takeaways
- How the EU AI Act fits within the wider European framework governing healthcare AI.
- Why legal compliance alone may not be enough to protect patients and healthcare professionals.
- How organisations can move from fragmented compliance towards responsible AI governance.
Ideal for
Healthcare organisations · Pharma & life sciences · Medtech · Policymakers · Regulators · Legal & compliance professionals · Executives
Shadow Health Systems: When ChatGPT Becomes Healthcare
Millions of people increasingly turn to ChatGPT and other general-purpose AI systems for health information, advice and support. What happens when AI effectively begins to function as healthcare?
Key takeaways
- How general-purpose AI is becoming an informal layer of the healthcare system.
- Why health-related use of ChatGPT creates new challenges for safety, responsibility and patients’ rights.
- Where existing AI, healthcare and digital regulation leaves important governance gaps.
Ideal for
Healthcare organisations · Pharma & life sciences · Technology companies · Policymakers · Regulators · Patient organisations · Insurers
Watch
Hannah on stage
Patient Perspectives and Patient Voices in AI
Global WHO Conference: Shaping AI in Health · Lisbon · 2026
AI Legislation and Patients’ Rights in the WHO/Europe Region
World Health Organization · Porto · 2025
AI and Disinformation: Understanding the Risks and Limits of EU Law
EU ECHO Project · 2026
Speaking enquiries
Invite Hannah to speak
Looking for a speaker on AI governance, healthcare regulation, the EU AI Act, clinical responsibility or the future of healthcare? Hannah is based between Basel and Amsterdam and is available for English- and Dutch-language keynotes, conferences, panels and executive sessions across Switzerland, Europe and internationally.
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Keynotes & invited talks
2026
Patient Perspectives and Patient Voices in AI
Keynote · Global WHO Conference: Shaping AI in Health · World Health Organization · Lisbon, Portugal
2026
Artificial Intelligence in Contextual Behavioral Mental Health Interventions
Invited interdisciplinary presentation · ACBS World Conference · Lyon, France
2026
Global Challenges in Regulating Generative AI
Invited presentation · WHO Inter-Regional Workshop on Artificial Intelligence · World Health Organization · Lisbon, Portugal
2026
EU Digital Regulation and Its External Effects
Invited presentation · ITM Science Day · Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp · Antwerp, Belgium
2026
Emerging Technologies in Cancer Care: AI and Digital Health Tools
Invited expert presentation · European Cancer Organisation & European Oncology Nursing Society
2025
The Protection of Patients’ Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Invited lecture · Lund University · Lund, Sweden